In a Placer County, California courtroom, the jury concluded that Serafini’s actions “were deliberate and premeditated” when ...

Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento, are investigating the death of John Cisneros as a homicide involving his cellmate, Irvin Sanchez.

A convicted murderer has been found in California after disappearing from his halfway house in Salt Lake City.

As Netflix spotlights the late-1990s Portland Trail Blazers, fans reflect on the "Jail Blazers" teams that reached two NBA ...

California's criminal justice system has seen a shift towards rehabilitation, with fewer prisons and more resources directed to rehabilitation programs, and the next governor will need to decide ...

As overdose deaths rise, a unique program in Baltimore offers addiction care for seniors by combining medication with peer ...

The next year, the city of Los Angeles approved a $30 million settlement to end a federal class-action suit alleging that the ...

For decades, corporate media and elected officials have shown little interest in reporting by incarcerated individuals on the unchecked inhumane treatment and deplorable conditions inside U.S. jails, ...

A prison once defined by death row is now being redefined by rehabilitation. That was the message Gov. Gavin Newsom gave Friday during a visit to the new San Quentin ...

Oscar-winning documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is dead at age 96. Wiseman, whose in-depth, revelatory movies made him one ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...